“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” ~ Maya Angelou
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FabBRICK- Clarisse Merlet
French architecture student Clarisse Merlet came up with the idea for FabBRICK, her award-winning company that makes decorative and insulative bricks out of old clothes. The basic component of the bricks is shredded clothing, purchased pre-ground from a supplier in Normandy. Each brick uses the equivalent of two to three T-shirts' worth of material. (The Index Project)
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Check out some of the ways FabBRICKS are being used as furniture and interior design..
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Is there something you use in your daily life that could be reinvented, reused, made valuable again?
Could it serve another purpose in place of something new?
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Watch this video to learn more about Merlet’s research and process.
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About Clarisse Merlet
French Architect and Entrepreneur
Président @ Fabbrick, https://www.fab-brick.com/en
Ecole D'Architecture De Paris - Malaquais
Masters (Architecture)
2016 - 2018
ENSA Normandie
(Architecture)
2013 - 2016
Université Paris 8
2010 - 2013
As an architect student, Clarisse Merlet found textile waste figures shocking. This situation inspired her. It gave her the idea to create decorative and insulative textile bricks.
She founded FabBRICK in 2018. And her brick-making innovation got patented in 2019.
She has made over 40,000 fabBRICKS! Available in four different sizes, the company says the bricks are an excellent thermal and acoustic insulator, meaning that they work for room partitions, decorative walls in retail stores, and can also be used to make furniture such as lamps, tables, stools, and more. While they can be used in construction, they are designed for structural purposes, something Merlet is working on. Each brick uses about two to three T-shirts’ worth of shredded material. (Green Queen)
Being an architecture student made me look for ways to build differently. So I made different prototypes with different ecological glues and tried different ways of putting the textile in the mold to compress it. Eventually, I came up with a prototype that held up well, reacts well to fire, and holds up against moisture, too
Clarisse Merlet, Founder of FabBRICK
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As an architect student, Clarisse Merlet found textile waste figures shocking. This situation inspired her. It gave her the idea to create decorative and insulative textile bricks.
She founded FabBRICK in 2018. And her brick-making innovation got patented in 2019.